UNDP to support India’s development priorities

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is assisting the Government of India in all facets of human development, including system strengthening, inclusive growth, sustainable livelihoods, climate action, and resilience, as India assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1, 2022. Usha Rao-Monari, UN Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, UNDP, visited India for three days between November 30 and December 2 in order to discuss the matter with Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs, and Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Rao-Monari had just completed her first official trip to India since being hired by the UNDP in April 2021. She also spoke with senior government representatives from NITI Aayog, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Department of Economic Affairs, which is under the Ministry of Finance. Rao-Monari reiterated UNDP’s commitment and support to the nation’s development priorities and accelerated the progress on the Sustainable Development Goals during the private meetings.

“For more than 70 years, UNDP has enjoyed a collaboration with India. My visit’s itinerary included meetings with representatives from the government, other interested parties, the commercial sector, civil society organizations, and young people to learn more about the issues that are crucial at the moment as India assumes a leading position on a variety of fronts. It is actively participating in the G20 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, both crucial leadership responsibilities. I’m here to examine how UNDP can assist India in reaching its objectives in the areas of sustainability, combating climate change, resilience, social inclusion, and just plainly building institutional and governance. That is how we view our support for the goals and outcomes of the nation. Business Today was told by Usha Rao-Monari.

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The way that government officials were actually thinking impressed Rao-Monari. We have to do things differently, government officials remarked, and I was quite pleased with their way of thinking about it. This is not meant to imply innovation for innovation’s sake. It simply means that in order to scale the sustainable development goals to achieve 2030, we must alter the way in which we approach financing. That piqued my interest a lot.

In order to transform our world, there are 17 SDGs that must be accomplished by 2030. Rao-Monari expressed concern that this time frame was getting shorter and shorter by the minute. Therefore, all nations—not just India—must move more quickly toward whatever goals they established at the start of the 2030 Agenda. Rao-Monari said of India’s development: “They just have to put a stimulus lens on it so that they move faster, whether it’s a question of the financial instruments, whether it’s a question of policies, regulations and legal frameworks to be put in place, social protection schemes, etc. She also complimented how the financial institutions, corporate entities in India, government departments including the Ministry of Finance.

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